John Preston
Scandinavian Scandals
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Desperation’s Noticeboard
Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column by H.G. Cocks
There Will Always be Blood
Indignation by Philip Roth
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past